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Knotweed Honey Pollen Under the Microscope

knotweed Honey Pollen

This is a pollen from Duvall, WA knotweed Honey. The mounting medium is Cargille Melt Mount with a refractive index of 1.704. This is at intermediate focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

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References:

Faegri, Knut and Johs Iversen, TEXTBOOK OF POLLEN ANALYSIS, Hafner Publishing Company, 1964.

Kapp, Ronald O., HOW TO KNOW POLLEN AND SPORES, Wm. C. Brown Company, 1969.

Moore, P.D., J. A. Webb, and M. E. Collinson, POLLEN ANALYSIS, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1991